Paris Review Art of Fiction List

paris review art of fiction list

Nothing in the last two years has taught me more about storytelling, fiction, and great reading habits than the Art of Fiction series by The Paris Review. I read around two dozen of them before I decided to work systematically from number one until the end. You can just click here to jump ahead to the complete list of over 230 Art of Fiction interviews.

Huzzah for lists.

Especially Paris Review Art of Fiction lists!

Unfortunately, The Paris Review currently classifies their Art of Fiction interviews only by name of interviewee and date of interview. They don’t do them by category with separate tags for “The Art of Fictionand “The Art of Poetry” and so on (or if they do, it’s pretty hard to find).

I love lists, so once I grew tired of Googling every single Art of Fiction interview in numerical order, I decided to knock out over 230 Art of Fiction interview google searches to make the full list. 

Why not share the fruits of my labor with you fine folk?

If you’ve stumbled upon this post and happen to be on staff at The Paris Review, I want to say “thanks” for the new mobile functionality of your articles – it makes reading much more enjoyable than the old pinch-to-zoom stuff.

:: The Art of Fiction Megalist ::

 

1. E. M. Forster
2. François Mauriac
3. Graham Greene
4. Irvin Shaw
4b. Irvin Shaw (continued)
5. William Styron
6. Alberto Moravia
7. Joyce Cary
8. Ralph Ellison
9. Georges Simenon
10. James Thurber
11. Nelson Algren
12. William Faulkner
13. Dorothy Parker
14. Isak Dinesen
15. Fracoise Sagan
16. Thornton Wilder
17. Truman Capote
18. Robert Penn Warren
19. Frank O’Conner
20. Agnus Wilson
21. Ernest Hemingway
22. Henry Green
22. James Jones
23. Lawrence Durrell
24. Aldous Huxley
25. Boris Posternak

To unlock the complete list of over 230 Art of Fiction interviews, click here.

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  1. neilcrabtree

    Thanks Lance, this is a fabulous resource. My Geminian brother and my Geminian wife, obsessive readers that they are, have both been impressed – and for me who prefers non-fiction but loves to know what makes people tick, it has been a delight. To be able to be in the room with Ernest Hemingway, Trueman Capote, Graham Green, etc, listen to voices and share their lives for an hour or so is mind blowing. You are a conduit of knowledge – much appreciated. Neil

    1. lanceschaubert

      Oh you’re more than welcome, Neil. That’s the biggest thing for me now – I want to make this site as ruthlessly helpful as possible for artists and people rapture by the creative imagination. Glad I could help and enjoy the list!

  2. 50 Reads for Writers | Lancelot Schaubert

    […] The Art of Fiction Archive at The Paris Review (craft of writing) covers interviews from over two-hundred of the biggest names in fiction since 1950. The interviews with Hemingway, Faulkner, King, Vonnegut, and Fransen are must-reads among the many other great voices. […]

  3. 50 Reads for Writers • Lancelot Schaubert

    […] The Art of Fiction Archive at The Paris Review (craft of writing) covers interviews from over two-hundred of the biggest names in fiction since 1950. The interviews with Hemingway, Faulkner, King, Vonnegut, and Fransen are must-reads among the many other great voices. […]

  4. avmani

    It needs a tremendous effort to do this. Thanks a lot Lance

    1. lanceschaubert

      It’s absolutely my pleasure. I’m here to be relentlessly helpful for the authors and artists in my life. Trying to make the world a better place one piece at a time, you know?

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  6. kevinpent

    Lance, as someone who has recently begun reading “The Art of Fiction” I’m very grateful for your generosity in providing this exhaustive list. I follow the Paris Review on Twitter and often read the interviews that interest me as the tweets randomly come across my feed. To have the list in order from beginning to recent, along with the direct links, is very helpful. Thank you!

    1. lanceschaubert

      My pleasure, Kevin. I’m just here to be relentlessly helpful for people. If you see something missing, feel free to add it in the comments and I’ll add it to the list. And feel free to share it around if you know of anyone that would benefit from this.

  7. heldinne

    thank you!

    1. lanceschaubert

      You’re more than welcome heldinne. Stay in touch — grab a free novella while you’re here.

  8. Lancelot Schaubert

    Checking here to see if anyone found any similar interview series elsewhere?

Quick note from Lance about this post: when you choose to comment (or share this post with your friends) you help other readers just like you.

How?

Well, see, your comments & sharing whisper a few things to those who come after you:

The first is that this site is a safe place to speak up & stay curious. That it's civil. That discussion is encouraged. That there's no such thing as a stupid question (being a student of Socrates, I really and truly believe this). That talking to one another and growing together is more important than anything we could possibly publish. That the point is growing in virtue and growing together and growing wise. That discovery is invention, deference is originality, that we all can rise together. The only folks I'm going to take comments down from are obvious jerks who argue in bad faith, don't stay curious, or actively make personal attacks. And, frankly, I'd rather we talk here than on some social media farm — I will never show ads and the only thing I'm selling anywhere on the site or my mailing list is just the stuff I make.

You're also helping folks realize that anything you & they build together is far more important than anything you come to me to read. I take the things I write about seriously, but I don't take myself seriously: I play the fool, I hate cults of personality, and I also don't really like being the center of attention (believe it or not). I would much rather folks connect because of an introduction I've made or because they commented with one another back and forth and then build something beautiful together. My favorite contributions have been lifelong business and love partnerships from two people who have forgotten I introduced them. Some of my closest friends NOW I literally met on another blog's comment section fifteen years ago. I would love for that to happen here — let two of you meet and let me fade into the background.

Last, you help me revise. I'm wrong. Often. I'm not embarrassed to admit it or worried about being cancelled or publicly shamed. I make a fool out of myself (that's sort of the point). So as I get feedback, I can say, "I was wrong about that" and set a model for curious, consistent learning, and growing in wisdom. I'm blind to what I don't know and as grows the island of my knowledge so grows the shoreline of my ignorance. It's the recovery of innocence on the far end of experience: a child is in a permanent state of wonder. So are the wise: they aren't afraid of saying, "I don't know. That's new: please teach me." That's my goal, comments help. And I read all reviews: my skin's tough, but that's not license to be needlessly cruel. We teach one another our habits and there's a way to civilly demolish an idea without demolishing another person: just because I personally can take the world's meanest 1-star review doesn't mean we should teach one another how to be crueler on the internet.

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